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Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.
Walter Savage Landor
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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
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No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.
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Consult duty not events.
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And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.
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